PirAB toxin from Photorhabdus asymbiotica as a larvicide against dengue vectors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4627-4629

  Ahantarig, Arunee ^a   Chantawat, Nantarat ^a   Waterfield, Nicholas R ^b   Ffrench Constant, Richard ^c   Kittayapong, Pattamaporn ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; LARVICIDAL ACTIVITIES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PIRA TOXIN; PIRAB TOXIN; PIRB TOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DENGUE FEVER; INSECT; PROTEIN; TOXIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRUSTACEA; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MESOCYCLOPS THERMOCYCLOPOIDES; NONHUMAN; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS ASYMBIOTICA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COPEPODA; DENGUE; DISEASE VECTORS; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; PHOTORHABDUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEXAPODA; MESOCYCLOPS THERMOCYCLOPOIDES; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS ASYMBIOTICA;

EID: 67649606862     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00221-09     Document Type: Article

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